Despite the President’s mocking, the bishop said calling saints as fools and drunkards are “nothing new.” He said even Jesus was called a “glutton and a drunkard.”

“There’s nothing new about our saints being called ‘fools and drunkards.’ St. John the Baptist was even called ‘devil-possessed.’ Jesus himself was called a ‘glutton and a drunkard,’ a ‘friend of tax collectors’ and sinners,” David said.
“The apostles at Pentecost were also called ‘drunkards.’ To be a Christian is to be ready to be branded as a fool for Christ,” he added.